Clamp for attaching tips to billiard-cues



(No Model.) IE. A. LEAVITT.

CLAMP FOR ATTAGHING TIPS T0 BILLIARD 0113s. No. 419,205. PatentedJan.14,1890.

Tran STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLAMP FOR ATTACHING TIPS TO BlLLlARD-CUES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,205, dated January14, 1890.

Application filed May 9, 1889. Serial No. 310,142. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, FRANK A. LEAVITT, of Somerville, in the county ofMiddleseX,State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Clamps for Attaching Tips to Billiard-Cues, of which thefollowing is a description sufiiciently full, clear, and exact to enableany person skilled in the art or science to which said inventionappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation showing my improved clamp in use, the onebeing represented as broken off; Fig. 2, an edge elevation of the same;Fig. 3, a bottom plan view, and Fig. 4 a vertical section of one of therollers.

In attachin leather tips to billiard-cues it is frequently the custom ofthe workman to rest them upon their tip ends or force or spring the oneunder a cleat or shelf secured to a wall of the room, in order tocompress the tip and hold it in position until the coment or glue hasbecome dry. This often causes the cue to warp or become crooked and thetip to be secured unevenly thereon. My invention is designed to overcomethese and other objections, and in carrying it out I make use of meanswhich will be readily understood by all conversant with such mattersfrom the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the one; B, the tip; C C, the clamp-rolls,and D the strap. The one and tip are of the ordinary form andconstruction. The rolls 0 are grooved peripherally at (J, and in thegroove of each roll is secured at f one end of the flexible or elasticstrap D. The rolls (3 are journaled to revolve in the same plane in theopposite ends of two parallel bars m by means of pivots t, which passtransversely through said rolls at a point outside their centers. Astoppin 2' is disposed at the center of the rolls in position to engagea bar m and prevent said rolls from being revolved in ward between thebars sufficiently far to unwind the whole of the strap therefrom.

In the use of my improvement the rolls are turned outward on theirpivots, affording sutlicient space between them for the insertion of theone A. The strap D is then placed centrally over the tip B and saidrolls forced downward on the cue, distending the strap. The contractileforce of the elastic strap 1), exerted on the outer edge of the rolls,as shown in Fig. 1, causes them to tend to turn inward or toward eachother, and being eccentric, as described, they bind or grip the onebetween them, and are thereby prevented from slipping. The tension ofthe strap upon the tip 13 forces it securely against the cuehead, and assaid strap is elastic it readily conforms to the shape of the outer faceof the tip and affords an equal pressure on all sides thereof. The strapbeing an elastic sub stance and interposed between the rolls and thecue, as described, the friction thereof aids greatly in preventing saidrolls from slipping. By turning the rolls outward, thereby disengagingthem from the cue, the clamp may be easily removed in a manner readilyunderstood without a more explicit description.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- 1. A clampcomprising two rolls pivoted ececntrically in connecting-bars, and aflexible strap having its ends respectively secured to said rolls,substantially as described.

2. A clamp for billiard-cuetips, consisting of the eccentric rolls 0,pivoted in the bars m, and the strap D, secured to said rolls,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A clamp for billiard-cue tips, comprising two eccentric rolls pivotedin the same vertical plane to a connecting-bar and grooved peripherally,and an elastic strap having an end secured in the groove of each roll,substantially as described.

it. In a clamp of the character described, the combination of the barsm, the rolls C, pivoted eccentrically in said bars and provided with thegrooves (l, and the strap D, having its ends secured in said grooves,substantially as described.

5. Ina clamp of the character described, the combination of two rollsjournaled'eccentrically to revolve in the same vertical plane with a,flexible strap having its ends secured, respectively, to said rolls, andstops on the rolls to limit their in Ward revolution, substantially asdescribed.

6. A clamp consisting of two rolls journziled eccentrieally to revolvein the same plane, and an elastic strap having its ends secured,respectively, to said rolls, substan tially as and for the purposesetforth.

FRANK A. LEAVITT.

Vitnesses:

O. M. SHAW, K. DURFEE.

